一家 yī jiā the whole family / the same family / the family ... (when preceded by a family name) / group 上门 上門 shàng mén to drop in / to visit / to lock a door / (of a shop) to close / to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 家属 家屬 jiā shǔ family member / (family) dependent syn 皇室 huáng shì royal family / imperial household / member of the royal family syn 养家 養家 yǎng jiā to support a family / to raise a family 门户 門戶 mén hù door / strategic gateway / portal / faction / sect / family status / family / web portal / (old) brothel syn 世家 shì jiā family influential for generations / aristocratic family syn 正统 正統 zhèng tǒng orthodoxy / tradition / orthodox / traditional / principles of dynastic succession / (of an heir) legitimate syn 大纲 大綱 dà gāng synopsis / outline / program / leading principles syn 玄机 玄機 xuán jī profound theory (in Daoism and Buddhism) / mysterious principles syn 家境 jiā jìng family financial situation / family circumstances syn 信道 xìn dào (telecommunications) channel / (in Confucian texts) to believe in the principles of wisdom and follow them 民族主义 民族主義 mín zú zhǔ yì nationalism / national self-determination / principle of nationalism, the first of Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People 三民主義|三民主义 (at the time, meaning parity between China and the great powers) / racism 大户 大戶 dà hù great family / rich family / large landlord / conspicuous spender or consumer syn 送终 送終 sòng zhōng to attend upon a dying parent or other senior family member / to handle the funeral affairs of a senior family member 家私 jiā sī family property / family wealth syn 大义灭亲 大義滅親 dà yì miè qīn to place righteousness before family (idiom) / ready to punish one's own family if justice demands it syn 天伦 天倫 tiān lún family bonds / ethical family relations syn 医理 醫理 yī lǐ medical knowledge / principles of medical science 良家 liáng jiā respectable family / decent family 辈分 輩分 bèi fèn seniority in the family or clan / position in the family hierarchy syn 三民主义 三民主義 sān mín zhǔ yì Dr Sun Yat-sen's 孫中山|孙中山 Three Principles of the People (late 1890s) 入赘 入贅 rù zhuì to go and live with one's wife's family, in effect becoming a member of her family syn 三个代表 三個代表 sān gè dài biǎo the Three Represents, a set of three guiding principles for the CCP introduced by Jiang Zemin 江澤民|江泽民[Jiang1 Ze2 min2] in 2000 and enshrined in the Constitution in 2004 荣辱观 榮辱觀 róng rǔ guān precepts regarding what is honorable and what is shameful (in particular, refers to the Socialist Concepts on Honors and Disgraces, PRC official moral principles promulgated from 2006) / abbr. for 社會主義榮辱觀|社会主义荣辱观 / also known as the Eight Honors and Eight Shames 八榮八恥|八荣八耻[Ba1 Rong2 Ba1 Chi3] 总则 總則 zǒng zé general rules / general principles / general provisions 乱伦 亂倫 luàn lún to violate moral principles / depravity / (esp.) to commit incest / incest 家传 家傳 jiā chuán handed down in a family / family traditions syn 指导原则 指導原則 zhǐ dǎo yuán zé guiding principles 四项基本原则 四項基本原則 sì xiàng jī běn yuán zé the Four Cardinal Principles enunciated by Deng Xiaoping 鄧小平|邓小平[Deng4 Xiao3 ping2] in 1979: to uphold the socialist road, the dictatorship of the proletariat, the leadership of the CCP, and Maoism and Marxism-Leninism 寒门 寒門 hán mén poor and humble family / my family (humble) syn 三原则 三原則 sān yuán zé the Three Principles (in many contexts) 柴门 柴門 chái mén lit. woodcutter's family / humble background / poor family background syn 和平共处五项原则 和平共處五項原則 hé píng gòng chǔ wǔ xiàng yuán zé Zhou Enlai's Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence / 1954 Panchsheel series of agreements between PRC and India 格物 gé wù to study the underlying principles, esp. in neo-Confucian rational learning 理學|理学[li3 xue2] / word for Western natural sciences during late Qing 房 fáng house / room / CL:間|间[jian1] / branch of an extended family / classifier for family members (or concubines) syn 项 項 xiàng back of neck / item / thing / term (in a mathematical formula) / sum (of money) / classifier for principles, items, clauses, tasks, research projects etc syn 虚 虛 xū emptiness / void / abstract theory or guiding principles / empty or unoccupied / diffident or timid / false / humble or modest / (of health) weak / virtual / in vain syn 一家人 yī jiā rén the whole family / members of the same family (lit. or fig.) 推究 tuī jiū to study / to examine / to probe / to study the underlying principles syn 家 jiā home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) / classifier for families or businesses / refers to the philosophical schools of pre-Han China / noun suffix for a specialist in some activity, such as a musician or revolutionary, corresponding to English -ist, -er, -ary or -ian / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 大家 dà jiā everyone / influential family / great expert syn 老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn 门 門 mén gate / door / CL:扇[shan4] / gateway / doorway / CL:個|个[ge4] / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / classifier for large guns / classifier for lessons, subjects, branches of technology / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal / derived from Watergate) syn 家庭 jiā tíng family / household / CL:戶|户[hu4],個|个[ge4] syn 家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn 家族 jiā zú family / clan syn 科 kē branch of study / administrative section / division / field / branch / stage directions / family (taxonomy) / rules / laws / to mete out (punishment) / to levy (taxes etc) / to fine sb / CL:個|个[ge4] 术 術 zhú various genera of flowers of Asteracea family (daisies and chrysanthemums), including Atractylis lancea syn 老大 lǎo dà old age / very / eldest child in a family / leader of a group / boss / captain of a boat / leader of a criminal gang syn 家长 家長 jiā zhǎng head of a household / family head / patriarch / parent or guardian of a child syn 大门 大門 dà mén entrance / door / gate / large and influential family 亲戚 親戚 qīn qi a relative (i.e. family relation) / CL:門|门[men2],個|个[ge4],位[wei4] syn 鸽子 鴿子 gē zi pigeon / dove / various birds of the family Columbidae syn 全家 quán jiā whole family syn 老二 lǎo èr second-eldest child in a family / (euphemism) penis syn 家中 jiā zhōng one's family syn 家门 家門 jiā mén house door / family clan syn 养活 養活 yǎng huo to provide for / to keep (animals, a family etc) / to raise animals / to feed and clothe / support / the necessities of life / to give birth syn 出身 chū shēn to be born of / to come from / family background / class origin syn 怀抱 懷抱 huái bào to hug / to cherish / within the bosom (of the family) / to embrace (also fig. an ideal, aspiration etc) syn 分居 fēn jū to separate (married couple) / to live apart (of husband and wife, family members) 拆散 chāi sàn to break up (a marriage, family etc) syn 姓氏 xìng shì family name syn 自家 zì jiā oneself / one's own family syn 家教 jiā jiào family education / upbringing / to bring sb up / private tutor 一家子 yī jiā zi the whole family syn 总管 總管 zǒng guǎn to be in charge of (a major area of responsibility) / person in charge / manager / (old) butler (of a rich family) / chief steward 口子 kǒu zi hole / opening / cut / gap / gash / my husband or wife / classifier for people (used for indicating the number of people in a family etc) / precedent syn 王室 wáng shì royal family / royal household syn 百灵 百靈 bǎi líng lark (bird of family Alaudidae) 家事 jiā shì family matters / domestic affairs / housework syn 免税 免稅 miǎn shuì not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc) / tax free / duty free (shop) 家用 jiā yòng home-use / domestic / family expenses / housekeeping money syn 兼顾 兼顧 jiān gù to handle two or more responsibilities at the same time / to balance (career and family, or work and studies etc) syn 养老 養老 yǎng lǎo to provide for the elderly (family members) / to enjoy a life in retirement syn 内务 內務 nèi wù internal affairs / domestic affairs / family affairs / (trad.) affairs within the palace 抹黑 mǒ hēi to discredit / to defame / to smear sb's name / to bring shame upon (oneself or one's family etc) / to blacken (e.g. commando's face for camouflage) / to black out or obliterate (e.g. censored words) syn 全家福 quán jiā fú photograph of the entire family / hodgepodge (cookery) syn 倾家荡产 傾家蕩產 qīng jiā dàng chǎn to lose a family fortune (idiom) syn 孝顺 孝順 xiào shùn filial / dutiful / devoted to one's parents (and grandparents etc) / to show filial piety towards (an older family member) / filial piety syn 皇族 huáng zú the imperial family / royal kin syn 家产 家產 jiā chǎn family property syn 亲情 親情 qīn qíng affection / family love / love, esp. within a married couple or between parents and children syn 传家宝 傳家寶 chuán jiā bǎo family heirloom syn 夜鹰 夜鷹 yè yīng nightjar (nocturnal bird in the family Caprimulgidae) 家室 jiā shì wife / family / (literary) residence syn 亲朋好友 親朋好友 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin syn 大宗 dà zōng large amount / staple / influential family of long standing syn 计划生育 計劃生育 jì huà shēng yù family planning 当家 當家 dāng jiā to manage the household / to be the one in charge of the family / to call the shots / to be in charge syn 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 信天翁 xìn tiān wēng albatross (family Diomedeidae) 木瓜 mù guā papaya (Carica papaya) / genus Chaenomeles of shrubs in the family Rosaceae / Chinese flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa) syn 家常 jiā cháng the daily life of a family syn 发家 發家 fā jiā to lay down a family fortune / to get rich / to become prosperous syn 提琴 tí qín instrument of the violin family (violin, viola, cello or double bass) / CL:把[ba3] 农家 農家 nóng jiā peasant family syn 探亲 探親 tàn qīn to go home to visit one's family syn 